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For the love of the hunt: Senior’s pursuit that has spanned decades

(MCT) — ON HAZEL CREEK, Mo. — Sitting in a duck blind early Saturday morning, Shag Grossnickle was thrilled by a show he has seen many times before.

Clouds of ducks darted in and out of a fog that hung over Hazel Creek Lake in northeast Missouri. Retrievers panted and whined as they watched the waterfowl in the distance. And hunters loaded shotguns and began to blow on duck calls.

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